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Learn Clip Studio Paint

Learn Clip Studio Paint

By : Takita, Liz Staley
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Learn Clip Studio Paint

Learn Clip Studio Paint

By: Takita, Liz Staley

Overview of this book

Ever dreamed of creating your own manga art or comic books? Learn Clip Studio Paint, Fourth Edition is your roadmap to becoming a digital artist! This beginner-friendly guide takes you on a step-by-step journey of digital illustration. You’ll get to grips with one of the essential features of digital illustration, layering, as you go through the process of penciling and inking your art. If you’re interested in creating a webtoon graphic novel or web comic, you’ll be happy to learn about comic-making essentials such as panels, sound effects, and speech bubbles In this edition, you’ll learn artistic techniques alongside Clip Studio Paint features, including a new focus on how to bring your artwork to life with proportions and perspective. You’ll learn how to draw characters with various brushes and brush customizations, as well as exploring coloring methods and rulers to make your stories pop. The edition also dives into exciting new features like using 3D models to draw poses and the basics of creating animations Packed with clear instructions and illustrated examples, this book is your one-stop shop for learning Clip Studio Paint. If you dream of creating your own manga art or comics, this guide equips you with skills to achieve your goals!
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Image Gallery of Manga and Illustrations Created by Clip Studio Paint
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Principles of inking

Inking in the world of non-digital tools is the process of using pens or brushes and black India ink to finalize pencil lines and make them ready for toning or coloring. The printing presses back in the early days of comics weren’t capable of printing grayscale, so dark black ink lines were needed to reproduce the comic art.

In the digital world, we aren’t restricted to simply black ink for our lines, and we have a multitude of tools we can use to make our finalized lines. There is an art to good inking that we should discuss briefly.

Inking is the art of taking a rough pencil sketch and providing finalized edges, volume, and a sense of light and shadow. To see this process in action, let’s take a look at an inking from a sketch to final shades and examine how the inked lines accentuate the mood of the piece.

Creating a great pencil sketch

Before you start inking, you need to create the pencil sketch, which we learned about...

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